VOs to act as Panchayat mentor for one year: CS
Asserting the Back to Village Phase-4 is a crucial programme to deliver governance at the door step of people, Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta said that Visiting Officers would act as Mentor for one year for their respective panchayats acting as a bridge between them and the government.
“Visiting Officers mandatorily have to ensure that all the specified deliverables have to be achieved in the panchayat without any failure,” he said while taking first hand review of the public response to the outreach Programme, Back to Village Phase-4 currently in progress all across the UT.
He spoke with the local PRI members and visiting officers of respective panchayats through video conference on the occasion and aims at visiting at least 300 panchayats during B2V-4 in this manner.
He added that Visiting Officers have also been instructed to inspect at least two public works, assess their quality and submit observations in the report at the end of their visit.
CS has encouraged Visiting Officers to take feedback on digital services and other recent developments in providing door step governance. They have also been asked to openly talk about how corruption has been curtailed through various initiatives of the government, in Gram Sabhas.
Importantly, the UT administration has set ambitious goals of delivering 1 lakh Ayushman Bharat Golden cards, 10 lakh Land Pass Books and 2.5 lakh e-Shram Cards among various other forms of assistance to panchayats during the programme. Additionally, 1 CSC IT camp and 1 wall painting highlighting Digital J&K initiative per panchayat would also be ensured during the period.
Around 1 lakh youth are going to receive skill training under the HIMAYAT scheme of the Rural Development Department and roughly 65 thousand self employment opportunities through joint intervention of JK Bank, JKEDI and Industries Department would also be provided throughout J&K during B2V4.
